The 2016 Politics of Income Stagnation and Decline

Published: Aug. 19, 2015, 4:35 a.m.

Leslie is rejoined by Dr. Robert Shapiro, the Chairman of Sonecon, an economic advisory firm.

They discuss Robert's new blog post entitled "The 2016 Politics of Income Stagnation and Decline." They discuss the reasons that the Economy is acting the way it is, how that is affecting the 2016 Presidential election, and how to improve our economic outlook.

Dr. Shapiro is an internationally-known economist who has advised, among others, President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Jr., British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and then U.S. Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.